SII 14.95: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 95. (A.R. No. 101 of 1905.) AMBĀSAMUDRAM, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE EṞICHCHĀVUḌAIYĀR TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0095.

Summary: This record dated in the 5th year opposite to the 15th year of the king is the latest record found for him. It confirm a royal order made in the 12th year of the king, which was carried into effect now. It is important as mentioning the occurrence of a solar eclipse in the month of Mithuna in the 12th year of Vīra-Pāṇḍya’s reign and helps to fix A.D. 946-47 as the date of his accession. It registers a gift of 10 vēli of land by the king for providing worship and offerings to the deities in the temple of Tiruppōttuḍaiya-Mahādēva at Iḷaṅgoykkuḍi, a brahmadēya in Muḷḷi-nāḍu. An officer of the king named Chōḷāntāka-Brahmamārāyar and another named Tamiḻavēḷāṉ figure in the record.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Version: (3cdd373), last modified (9d1407b).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] coḻaṉṟalai koṇṭa kovirapāṇṭiya tevaṟku yāṇṭu paṉṉiraṇṭu Iv vāṇṭu mithuṉa ñāyiṟṟu sūrya [4+] ⟨2⟩ muḷḷināṭṭu brahmateyam Iḷaṅkoykkuṭi tiruppottuṭaiya bhaṭāra⟨r⟩kku Iññāṭṭu vaḻuti Ūr [8+] ⟨3⟩ Āṟu pāccal nilaṉ patiṟṟu veli patiṟṟu veliUm kuṭikaḷitu kārā⟨ṇ⟩maiyākavum tevaritu m [8+] ⟨4⟩ tāṉamāka Urupu poṉ maṉṟavāri Uṭpaṭa Eṅkarumam Ārā⟨y⟩cci meleḻuttuc ceykiṉṟa mahā [10+] ⟨5⟩ ṟṟattu kāṭantai kuṭippāṭit tamiḻ veḷāṉ Āyi(ṉa) [8+] ⟨6⟩ nāṭum maṇalūrkkuḷakkiḻ Iraṇaciṅkamaṅkalattup [8+] ⟨7⟩ ṉ Araiyaṉ māṉāparaṇaṉ Evimutalākavum Iṭaiyāṟṟu nāṭṭu [8+] ⟨8⟩ m Olai Eḻuttākavum Aṇṭa nāṭṭuk kuvalaiyaciṅkanallūr Āyiṉa meyūr tiruppattūr [6+] ⟨9⟩ ḷāmaṇikiḻavaṉ vā(y)keḻvi Ākavum koḻuvūrk kūṟṟattu kīḻ kuṇṭāṟṟu veḷiyāṟṟūr vikkiramapāṇṭiya muventa⟨10⟩(ve)ḷāṉāyiṉa kaṭṭi nakkaṉ Iraṇaṉ paṇṭārap pottakamākavum Iḷaṅkoykkuṭit tiruppot tuṭaiya ⟨pa⟩ramecura paṭārar koyilil Iruntu ⟨11⟩ (pa)ṉṉiraṇṭā māṇṭu mituṉa nāyiṟṟu sūryagrahaṇatti (nāṉṟu) Ivvāṇṭiṉ Etirāṇṭu mutalk kuṭiniṅkāttevatāṉa⟨m⟩ Āka kuṭuttoma tāṅka⟨12⟩ḷum Itu kaṇṭu pāṟ paṭuttukkuṭukka [|] pullaṅ koṟṟaṉ Eḻuttu Eṉṟa It tirumukappaṭi koṇṭu Atikārañ ceykiṉṟa coḷāntaka (bra)hmamārāyar Ippatiṟ⟨13⟩ṟu veliyaiy nivantam Aṭaiccapaṭi kalmel Eḻuttu veṭṭuka Eṉṟu patiṉañcām pāṇṭiṉ Etir Añcām yāṇṭu śrīkārya⟨m⟩ peṟṟa pa⟨14⟩[2+] māṇaṉukku Amaccu Ittiruppottuṭaiya devarkku śrīkārya(m) ceykiṉṟa tevaṉ kiriṇaṉ colla kalme(l) Eḻuttu veṭṭiṉapaṭi [|] tiru⟨15⟩ppottuṭaiya tevarkku nāṉku potaikku Ari⟨ci⟩ muppattirunāḻiUm Aṉṉapalikku Arici AṟunāḻiUm kaṟiAmitukku Ari⟨16⟩ci nāḻiUm tiruveṅkaṭanilaittevarkku nicati Arici nānāḻiUm tirumūlattāṉattut tevarkku nicati Arici nānā⟨17⟩ḻiUm kaṇavatiyāṟkku Arici Iru nāḻiUm Eṟṟi nicati Ari⟨ci⟩ nāṟppattoṉpati nāḻiUm ĀkaO [8+] ⟨18⟩ [6+] kku nelk kalaney Oṉpatiṉ kuṟuṇi Irunāḻiyuri Orāṭṭaikku nel A(ṟunū)ṟṟu Eṇpatte [6+] ⟨19⟩ yeṭṭu mākkāṇiyum Ācārcciyaṉ munnūṟṟuvaṉ centaṉukku nilaṉ Araiyum [|] kaṇakka paṇṭārañceykiṉṟa colai viru [8+] periyāṉukku nilaṉ Araiyu⟨m ⟨⟩ | (mā)⟨20⟩ṇ Eṭṭiṉukku nilaṉ Oṉṟaraiye yiraṇṭu mā [|] Ivaṟṟuḷ munnūṟṟuvaṉ centaṉuṭaiya māṇ muṉṟum munnūṟṟuvaṉ periyāṉ māṇoṉṟum kacaṉāk⟨21⟩kalaṉuṭaiya māṇālum [|] tevar patuvāram Eḻiloṉṟu Uvaiccakaḷukkum puṭavai mutalākavum [|] Aṟukūṟum Eṭṭu māṇukkum puṭavai mutalākavum [|] Uvaicca⟨22⟩ṉ kaṇavati kumāraṭi mutal pattāḷukku nilamoṉṟekāl [|] śrī⟨r⟩cciyam Ārāyvāṉukku niyatamarici nāṉāḻiyiṉāl nilam Eḻumā [|] kucavaṉukku ni⟨23⟩lamiraṇṭu mā [|] viṟakiṭuvāṉukku nilamiraṇṭumā [|] tirumeḻukkuppuṟa(m) nila miraṇṭumā [|] Īraṅkollikku nila miraṇṭumā [|] tiruviḻāppuṟam ni⟨24⟩laṉ veli [|] putukkuppiṟa⟨m⟩ Ittirukkaṟṟaḷi ceyca Ācāriyaṉ māṉāparaṇaṉ centaṉukku nilaṉ kālumāka nilaṉ patiṟṟu ve⟨25⟩liyum cantirātittavalañ celvatāka vaittār coḷāntakatevar [|] Itu paṉmāheśvarar rakṣai [||]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ sūrya • Read sūryagrahaṇatti nāṉṟu.

⟨2⟩ Ūr [8+] • Read miyāṭciyākavum teva.

Commentary

Published in Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XXV, p. 35 ff.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.95 (ARIE/1904-1905/B/1905/101) by Ramanatha Ayyar 1962 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Ramanatha Ayyar, A. S. 1962. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XIV: The Pāṇḍyas. South Indian Inscriptions 14. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Pages 60–61, item 95.